Lucky Mulusa says his defeat in the Solwezi Central by-election is the right ingredient for his political career.
In an interview, Mulusa, who lost the seat on the MMD ticket, said the defeat would help him refocus and take his political career to another level.
“A person of my disposition should be a change agent and this person at times needs personal experiences such as the defeat in Solwezi to act as a trigger event to kickstart a process of change for the betterment of society. To see people I dedicated my work to, people I sacrificed for and loved and whom I made proud, reject me is a message to me that I need to respond by looking at the fundamental weaknesses of our electoral system and economic, social environment in which our electoral system operates,” Mulusa said.
He said his defeat called for more work on his part to assist the nation improve on its governance system.
Mulusa said at the moment, people were becoming representatives of constituencies through manipulation of the voting system, adding that currently, the essence of voting was seriously under question.
He said his taking part in the by-election was meant to enhance society’s welfare by strengthening the governance, economic and electoral systems.
Mulusa said many political parties that took part in the by-election did not observe the electoral code of conduct.
“Many political parties don’t observe the electoral code of conduct but rather become experts at abrogating provisions of the electoral code,” he said.
Mulusa hoped that future elections would afford the citizens their most important opportunity to participate in the governance system by choosing leaders whose capabilities speak back to the challenges in society.
He said there was need to tackle poverty levels and low literacy levels that make voters easily sale their votes.
The Solwezi seat was scooped by UPND’s Dawson Kafwaya.